Influence of Nonvisual Secondary Tasks on Driver's Pedestrian Detection

• Published in: International journal of cognitive informatics & natural intelligence Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 21 - 32
• Main Authors: Iwasaki, Hirotoshi, Yoshizawa, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey IGI Global 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Attention; Automobile driving; Drivers; Eye movements; Fatal; Intelligence; Motor vehicle driving; Pedestrians; Psychological aspects; Psychological research; Roads; Tasks; Traffic accidents; Visual perception

The most frequent type of fatal traffic accident is caused by “aimless driving” in Japan. In many cases the victims are pedestrians on straight roads, where there are usually fewer objects drivers need to pay attention to than at intersections. In this study, the authors investigate driver gazing fo...